different between elderly vs agin

English

Etymology

elder +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??ld?li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ld?li/
• Hyphenation: eld?er?ly

Adjective

elderly

1. old; having lived for relatively many years.

   Synonyms: elder, old; see also Thesaurus:elderly

2. Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging.

   Synonyms: dated, outworn, decrepit, timeworn; see also Thesaurus:obsolete, Thesaurus:deteriorated

Translations

Noun

elderly (plural elderlies)

1. An elderly person.
2. (with article, collective) Older people as a whole.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Scots agin, variant form of again (“against”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.???n/
• Rhymes: -?n
• Hyphenation: a?gin

Adverb

agin (not comparable)

1. (colloquial or now often humorous) Alternative form of again
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities", in All the Year Round, vol. 1, p. 98:

     At which juncture, he exclaimed, in a voice of dire exasperation : “Bust me, if she ain't at it agin !”

Preposition

agin

1. (dialectal, colloquial, or now often humorous) Alternative form of against
   • 1859, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 19, p. 278:

     [The Court] said: "Young man, this ere Court is satisfied that there ain't nothin' in the laws of Vermont agin tippin' over a churn full of sap. […] But I want ye should remember one thing—that this ere Court has made up his mind that it's a very naughty trick, and it's a shame that there's so many maple-trees in the State, and no law agin tippin' over sap."

Anagrams

• Agni, Angi, Gain, Gina, NGIA, Nagi, Ngai, a- -ing, gain, gain-, gina, inga

Scots

Preposition

agin

1. Alternative form of again